“雲隙光 Crepuscular rays (God Rays)” / 香港國際機場之寧 Hong Kong International Airport Serenity / SML.20130425.7D.40078.P1.L1

Here is another shot of those same “god rays” [1] as you guys call it shot on the same day with the 7D + 100-400.

 

Crepuscular rays [2] are rays of sunlight which radiate from the sun through gaps in clouds. Interestingly I don’t know anything about it but when I see the Chinese name I immediately knows what it means. Chinese is great that way, as the name 雲隙光 [3] literally means lights from the gaps of cloud—so basically cloud as gobo…

 

This shot was processed in Photoshop Lab color mode as the colors require a very delicate balance. Lightroom’s RGB only editing poses some limitations as to what you can do, and for the sky specifically using two sliders for color temperature tweaking is closed to impossible to get what I wanted. Maybe some day we will see Lab color mode in Lightroom, maybe? Adobe?

 

# Notes

1. “天開 Opening of the sky” / 香港國際機場之寧 Hong Kong International Airport Serenity / SML.20130425.6D.02896: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8680281995/

2. Crepuscular ray: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepuscular_rays

3. 雲隙光: Wikipedia: ZH: zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/雲隙光

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-25T08:25:41+0800

+ Dimensions: 4962 x 3308

+ Exposure: 1/2000 sec at f/4.5

+ Focal Length: 105 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°18'50" N 113°56'13" E

+ Location: 香港國際機場 Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)

+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130425.7D.40078.P1.L1

+ Series: 寧 Serenity

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

“雲隙光 Crepuscular rays (God Rays)” / 香港國際機場之寧 Hong Kong International Airport Serenity / SML.20130425.7D.40078.P1.L1

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